The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival 2011

The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival (IVFDF) is the UK's longest running folk festival offering a series of concerts, ceilidhs and barn dances from a selection of folk artists.

This year the 60th anniversary IVFDF takes place from Friday 25th until Sunday 27th February 2011, at University of Bristol Students' Union, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol.

Line-up

Main events are as follows: Friday - A ceilidh with Trinculo and caller Phil Bassindale
Saturday - An afternoon display ceilidh with The Molecatchers, A ceilidh with Tickled Pink, a contra dance with The Bristol Players and caller Jethro Anderson, and a Scottish dance The Dalriada Scottish Country dance Band and caller Hugh Fergusson. There's more still to be announced.

The festival is aimed squarely at students (although anyone who feels they can keep up is welcome) and run by a different university each year. IVFDF is a non-stop weekend based (fairly broadly) around traditional forms of music and dance.

Tickets

Ticket prices have not yet been confirmed, and tickets are not yet on sale.

Morris and Rapper tour

On Saturday afternoon there is expected to be a Morris and Rapper Tour through the centre of Bristol. It will take in the main sights and a number of traditional pubs. The full itinerary will be announced when finalised.

The festival will also feature Ceilidh dances, together with a range of workshops, sessions, Morris, Rapper, French, Contra, and the infamous survivors ceilidh on the Sunday afternoon to round off the weekend.

Camping

IVFDF traditionally offers indoor camping.

More information will be here when available.

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